Authorities at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday held seven admission seekers, including the daughter of a High Court justice, for cheating in examination halls during the entrance examinations for honours courses.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, DU acting proctor Amzad Ali said: “They were caught while allegedly cheating in the examination hall using mobile phones.
“They have been handed them over to respected police stations where the centres were located.”
The proctor also added: “The only female accused, Sanjana Binte Bashir, daughter of a Supreme Court Judge, has been handed over to Chowkbazar police.
“She will be freed after filing a case with the police station but the rest of the accused will not be freed now.”
The other accused admission seekers are Faisal Kabir from Badrunnesa College centre, Ahadur Rahman from Agrani School and College centre, Ariful Islam from Dhanmondi Ideal College centre, Nurul Absar Payel from Teachers’ Training College Dhanmondi centre, Mehedi Hasan and Ershad Hauque from Home Economics College centre.
Meanwhile, police has arrested three members of an admission test fraud gang at Azimpur in the capital in connection with the entrance examinations.
The arrestees were Mamun, Shanto and Tariq, all students of Dhaka College.
The gang members were arrested with laptops and other electronic devices from the sixth floor of a building at Azimpur residential area in the afternoon.
Later, they were handed over to the Lalbag police station.
Lalbagh police station Sub-Inspector Amzad Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that the arrestees admitted that they were members of a fraud gang that works to help university admission seekers cheat during entrance examinations.
The admission tests for the first year honours courses at Dhaka University began on Friday.
